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Report explains why collider won’t kill us all
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In a long-awaited report about Europe's Large Hadron Collider, physicists explain why they think the machine can't possibly destroy the world.
Benzene-like Electron Delocalization Of Important Molecule Confirmed
Researchers have successfully synthesized and structurally characterized boron-nitrogen compounds that are isoelectronic and isostructural to the fundamentally important benzene molecule.
Early Huntington's diagnosis studied
MELBOURNE, June 19 (UPI) -- Australian scientists using new magnetic resonance imaging say they are developing technology to allow early Huntington's disease diagnosis.
Trap And Zap: Harnessing The Power Of Light To Pattern Surfaces On The Nanoscale
Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultra-small features that are needed for new generations of microchips.
Calif., Conn., Mo. and N.J. Students Named to 2008 U.s. Chemistry Olympiad Team
Four of the nation's top high school chemistry students -- one each from California, Connecticut, Missouri and New Jersey -- have been chosen to represent the U.S. team in...
Opinion: The case for an Australian-made small second car
Australian production of very small cars for households, to be used as a second car, would make environmental good sense, believes Valerie Yule.
Perfecting A Solar Cell By Adding Imperfections
Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in...
Solar sculpture plays with the light
A new sculpture soon to be unveiled in Cambridge, Ont., draws its energy from the sun, but emits a light pattern each evening based on public input.
Bruce Power to study building nuclear reactor in Saskatchewan
An Ontario-based nuclear power company has turned up the heat on what's been a simmering debate recently in Saskatchewan, saying it will look at the feasibility of building a reactor...
Quebec tests electric cars
Low-speed electric cars will be allowed to travel on some Quebec roads as part of a pilot project to test the environmentally friendly vehicles, the government announced Tuesday.
UB Chemist's Diligence Leads to Corrections in Scientific Press
Experiments conducted in the laboratory of University at Buffalo chemist John P. Richard were spotlighted recently in the national scientific press, including a news article in the journal Nature, because...
Physics agency instigates review
The organisation that looks after some of the biggest science facilities in the UK is to commission an independent review of its operations.
Fujitsu Develops Low-power CMOS Technology For 32nm Generation
Fujitsu today announced the development of low-power CMOS technology for 32nm-generation logic LSIs, which makes it possible to minimize the number of necessary manufacturing processes for LSIs, and without the...
OSU's Transparent Electronics Key to Solar Energy Breakthrough
Transparent transistors and optoelectronics created by researchers at Oregon State University and HP have found their first key industrial application in a new type of solar energy system that its...
Mitsubishi, Peugeot may team up in electric cars: statement
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors and France's PSA Peugeot Citroen said Tuesday they may collaborate in technology for electric vehicles as the global race to build green cars heats up.
Microchip sets low-power record
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a microchip that uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in...
NASA conducts first abort test for Orion
WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has successfully test fired a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light Unite To 'Cook' Cancer Cells
Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light.
Developing better nano-electronics by understanding nonadiabatic effects
“Basically,” Michele Lazzeri tells PhysOrg.com, “the Born-Oppenheimer adiabatic approximation tells us how atoms are vibrating.” This adiabatic effect is used to describe phonons, which are modes of vibration that have...
Diamonds Reveal Deep Source Of Platinum Deposits
The world's richest source of platinum and related metals is an enigmatic geological structure in South Africa known as the Bushveld Complex. The source of its metallic riches has long...
Solar power takes off in Kenya
Small-scale solar power is taking off in Kenya due to its ease and cost-effectiveness — a welcome change from costly, unreliable electricity.
Perfect Vision But Blind To Light
Mammals have two types of light-sensitive detectors in the retina. Known as rod and cone cells, they are both necessary to picture their environment. However, researchers at the Salk Institute...
Physicists Model Single Molecular Switch, Computing's Elusive Holy Grail
Physicists have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy Grail, the single molecular switch. If born out experimentally, his work could help explode Moore’s Law and...
VIDEO: Cheaper Solar? Just Add Steam
In the Israeli desert, a U.S.-Israeli team is testing a new technology that uses mirrors to harness the sun's rays and create electricity-producing steam.
A single VSOP can do a 'proton' magic!
International research group led by Yasushi Okamura, a professor in Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, and Peter Larsson, a professor in Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon, US,...
Intel creates spin-off solar company for Hillsboro
(AP) -- Microprocessor maker Intel Corp. says it is starting a solar company to manufacture and supply photovoltaic cells for makers of solar modules.
NVIDIA Announced New Geforce GTX 200 GPUs
Imagine instead of taking over five hours to convert a video for your iPod, it only takes 35 minutes. Imagine using your PC to simulate protein folding to help find...
Fluorescent-Probe in Worm Creates Real-Time 'View' of Cellular Stress
Scientists at the University at Buffalo have created a mutant worm that changes color when it moves.